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	NCJ Number:		NCJ 251134
	Title:		Kentucky's Senate Bill 200: Comprehensive Reform Implementation Successes
	URL(s):		PDF
	Corporate Author:		Crime and Justice Institute United States of America
	Date Published:		2017
	Page Count:		1
	Annotation:		This report summarizes the provisions of Kentucky’s juvenile justice reform legislation (Bill 200), features of the technical assistance for implementing it, and the outcomes of the implementation.
	Abstract:		The objectives of Bill 200 are to increase the diversion of justice-involved youth, limit their out-of-home placement, and reinvest the resulting cost savings in community services and a fiscal incentive program. Diversion of youth is achieved by codifying mandatory diversion for lower level offenses and establishing Family Accountability, Intervention and Response (FAIR) teams to promote and implement diversion programs. Out-of-home placements are to be reduced by prohibiting it for minor offenses and limiting the length of time in such placements. The use of graduated responses, risk assessment, and effective case planning are required. Technical assistance for the implementation of Bill 200 includes assistance in drafting juvenile court rules to limit diversion-eligible cases from going to court and personnel training in the principles of effective intervention and graduated responses in diversion. Training was also provided in scoring risk assessments properly and in the implementation and monitoring of evidence-based programs. Outcomes from the implementation of the legislation were a 38-percent decline in court referrals and a 31-percent increase in diversions. A significant decline occurred in out-of-home placements. In fiscal year 2017, there were three correctional facility closures and an increase in the involvement of youth in evidence-based community programs. New contracts were issued for intensive in-home services for high-risk youth in Kentucky’s two largest counties.
	Main Term(s):		Juvenile justice reform
	Index Term(s):		Juvenile court diversion ; State laws ; Diversion programs ; Community-based corrections (juvenile) ; Technical assistance plans ; Alternatives to institutionalization ; Juvenile Corrections/Detention effectiveness ; Juvenile justice policies ; OJJDP grant-related documents ; Kentucky ; OJJDP Resources
	Sponsoring Agency:		Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention US Dept of Justice United States of America
	Grant Number:		2014-ZB-BX-K011
	Sale Source:		Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention US Dept of Justice 810 Seventh Street NW Washington, DC 20531 United States of America
	Type:		Program Description (Demonstrative) ; Report (Technical Assistance) ; Factsheet ; Report (Grant Sponsored) ; Legislation/Policy Description
	Country:		United States of America
	Language:		English
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